This is a one-way list for WSG Announcements ******************************************** This email covers: - Links for light reading - Events - Jobs
---------------------------------- LINKS FOR LIGHT READING ---------------------------------- Prettier Accessible Forms >http://alistapart.com/articles/prettyaccessibleforms Behavioral Separation >http://alistapart.com/articles/behavioralseparation How to Plan Manpower on a Web Team >http://alistapart.com/articles/manpoweronawebteam Online training library >http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=216 Welcome to Opera 9 >http://my.opera.com/welcome%20to%209/blog/show.dml/306342 Two revolutionary features in Opera 9 >http://simon.incutio.com/archive/2006/06/20/opera9 Transcripts from @media >http://www.cindyli.com/index.php/site/archives/ Clean CSS >http://www.cleancss.com/ LITbox >http://www.ryanjlowe.com/?p=9 Taxonomies vs tagging >http://www.greenchameleon.com/gc/blog_comments/high_context_low_context_taxonom ies/ Ten Common CSS mistakes >http://www.designdetector.com/link/to/ten-common-css-mistakes/ Inline CSS should not be allowed in strict doctypes >http://friendlybit.com/html/inline-css-should-not-be-allowed-in-strict-doctypes / Mobilicious >http://mobilicio.us/www/ How to redirect a web page, the smart way >http://www.stevenhargrove.com/redirect-web-pages/ HTML emails >http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/design/html-emails 50 ways to become a better designer >http://www.computerarts.co.uk/in_depth/features/50_ways_to_become_a_better_desi gner ---------------------------------- EVENTS ---------------------------------- Melbourne Web Standards Group August ---------------------------------- Date: Thursday 29 June Time: 6.30pm for 7.00pm Cost: Free - sponsored by Sitepoint Presenters: Paul Fenwick on Presentation Mind Control. Andrew Arch on building accessible web Where: Centre for Innovation & Technology Commercialisation Level 1, 257 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000 RSVP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CSS info night ---------------------------------- A free introductory information night on CSS Date: Thursday July 4 Time: 6.00pm for 6.30pm start Cost: Free Presenter: Russ Weakley Where: Billy Blue Training Center Level 8, 171 Pacific Hwy North Sydney RSVP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AusWeb'06 W3C SIG Day ---------------------------------- Date: Wednesday, 5 July 2006 Presenters: - Standards for Web services, WSDL 2.0 - Paul Brebner - Semantic Interoperability - Anne Cregan - What is OWL good for? - David Ratcliffe - Semantic Web in Health Care - David Hansen - Web Content & Accessibility 2.0 - Sofia Celic - Web standards adoption in Government - Victor Pawley - Mobile Web Initiative - Dean Jackson - Next Generation Web Applications - Darren Sharp Where: Australis Noosa Lakes Resort, Noosa, Queensland More: http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/aw06/conf/sig.html London Web Standards Group Meetup ---------------------------------- Date: Friday 14 July Time: 7.00pm Cost: £4.50 each Presenters: Christian Heilmann - Maintainable JavaScript and Andy Budd: Who cares about standards? Where: Northampton Square, Islington, Greater London, WC1 More: http://muffinresearch.co.uk/wsg/ Writing for the Web Workshop - 27 July 2006 ---------------------------------- This practical workshop run by Vision Australia focuses on enhancing the usability and accessibility of your web content and will teach you how to communicate effectively with your readers. Details and registration: http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=685 D.Construct - September 8 - London! ---------------------------------- d.Construct is an affordable, one-day conference aimed at those building the latest generation of web-based applications. The event discusses how new technology is transforming the web from a document delivery system into an application platform. Date: September 8 Where: London Presenters: Jeffrey Veen, Jeremy Keith, Simon Willison, Paul Hammond, Derek Featherstone, Thomas Vander Wal, Aral Balkan http://2006.dconstruct.org/ CSS - the next generation in web design Sydney workshops ---------------------------------- Workshop 1: Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 August Workshop 2: Thursday 17 and Friday 18 August Two day CSS workshops - CSS basics to advanced CSS http://www.maxdesign.com.au/workshop-css2006/ Sydney Web Standards Group October ---------------------------------- Date: Thursday October 19 Time: 6.30pm for 7.00pm Cost: $7 Presenters: James Robertson and Lisa Miller Where: Australian Museum RSVP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------- JOBS ------------------------------------------- Sydney - Experienced web designer - 1 month Contract Institute of Interactive Media and Learning at UTS needs a web designer for one month to work with our team on a range of web projects. You need to work quickly and creatively to a brief within the university's corporate branding. Required skills: Photoshop, CSS, XHTML, and excellent knowledge of web standards. 3-5 days per week negotiable. Applications close Monday 26th, and start as soon as possible. Please send your cv and a link to your portfolio to: Kate Gilroy, UTS Web Manager, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Russ **************************************************** The announce list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ ****************************************************
